IELTS Listening Mock Test 3

South City Cycling Club

Example:

Name of club secretary: Jim     Hunter     

Membership

• Full membership costs $260; this covers cycling and 1. Fill in the blank 1 of 10 all over Australia
• Recreational membership costs $108
• Cost of membership includes the club fee and 2. Fill in the blank 2 of 10
• The club kit is made by a company called 3. Fill in the blank 3 of 10

Training rides

• Chance to improve cycling skills and fitness
• Level B: speed about 4. Fill in the blank 4 of 10 kph
• Weekly sessions
• Tuesdays at 5.30 am, meet at the 5. Fill in the blank 5 of 10
• Thursdays at 5.30 am, meet at the entrance to the 6. Fill in the blank 6 of 10

Further information

• Rides are about an hour and a half
• Members often have 7. Fill in the blank 7 of 10 together afterwards
• There is not always a 8. Fill in the blank 8 of 10 with the group on these rides
• Check and print the 9. Fill in the blank 9 of 10 on the website beforehand
• Bikes must have 10. Fill in the blank 10 of 10

Aspects of Russ’s previous presentation

26. structure    Fill in the blank 1 of 5
27. eye contact    Fill in the blank 2 of 5
28. body language    Fill in the blank 3 of 5
29. choice of words   Fill in the blank 4 of 5
30. handouts    Fill in the blank 5 of 5

Episodic memory

• the ability to recall details, e.g. the time and 31. Fill in the blank 1 of 10 of past events
• different to semantic memory – the ability to remember general information about the 32. Fill in the blank 2 of 10 , which does not involve recalling 33. Fill in the blank 3 of 10 information

Forming episodic memories involves three steps:

Encoding

• involves receiving and processing information
• the more 34. Fill in the blank 4 of 10 given to an event, the more successfully it can be encoded
• to remember a 35. Fill in the blank 5 of 10 ,it is useful to have a strategy for encoding such information

Consolidation

• how memories are strengthened and stored
• most effective when memories can be added to a 36. Fill in the blank 6 of 10 of related information
• the 37. Fill in the blank 7 of 10 Of retrieval affects the strength of memories

Retrieval

• memory retrieval often depends on using a prompt, e.g. the 38. Fill in the blank 8 of 10 of an object near to the place where you left your car

Episodic memory impairments

• these affect people with a wide range of medical conditions
• games which stimulate the 39. Fill in the blank 9 of 10 have been found to help people with schizophrenia
• children with autism may have difficulty forming episodic memories – possibly because their concept of the 40. Fill in the blank 10 of 10 may be absent
• memory training may help autistic children develop social skills